another life checklist
1. Just so you all know, Dell does NOT count Friday as a day of business. Hence, if you call them on a Friday, they will not place any orders on Fridays. Even if you call at 6am on a Friday. So, just to repeat, in the world of Dell, the business week is only Mon - Thurs. No wonder all the computers I have from them are falling apart. Reason number 335,994,085 never to buy a Dell computer ever again. *insert bitching and moaning here*
2. I’ve figured out several of the higher functioning things on the BlackBerry. What I cannot figure out (aside from constantly pressing the end button instead of the connect button and hanging up on incoming calls at an alarming rate) is how to adjust the number of rings before a call is sent to voice mail.
3. The small problems with the contruction that everyone promised me would crop up have started to. Why is it that everyone loves to regale you with horror stories? It’s like when women tell newly pregnant women horrible, horrible things that happened to them during pregnancy and labor. Why? Why do this to someone? It’s like you’re putting the horns on them. Anyway - not the end of the world, but something about the sink we ordered (yes, the one I spent an hour on the phone trying to order) might not fit in the bathroom correctly. Yes it’s ordered. Special ordered. Oh, and the tile we picked for the kitchen? On backorder for eight weeks. That’s not such a big deal to me - as long as they can put the countertops down and do the tile when it comes in. If they’ve got to wait for the tile, then I’m SO screwed. As Nick says in BOL, screwed, and not in the good way.
4. I’m currently on pp. 258 of BOL (the new story) - more than halfway through the dreaded hundred page crawl. It’s still slow going, but I’m on the right track. I can see the end. (it helps that I’ve already written the end.) But really - things are at that coming together stage, the part where you go, oh, I need this scene and that scene and now it’s all making sense. As for TOD revisions, I’m on pp. 287. Almost done with the first revision, and then I need to dive back in and amp up the romantic motivation in a few chapters. But I’ve got a nice map for that. And, after finishing these two stories, I can’t WAIT to get back to After Midnight. At first, I thought it was going to be a novella. Now, I’m thinking longer. It feels like a bigger book. A fun book. A wild book.
And no, it’s not Jake’s book. Don’t tell him. He’s been quiet lately.
Steph T.
September 28th, 2005 at 8:10 pm
“And no, it’s not Jake’s book. Don’t tell him. He’s been quiet lately.”
Hmmm, guess I wore him out more than he was willing to admit…
September 29th, 2005 at 12:20 am
If Dell employees get paid for Fridays, then I need a job there. But then I don’t live in India.
September 29th, 2005 at 11:06 am
Hmmm…
Think I’d worry about a quiet Jake more than a vocal one.
September 29th, 2005 at 3:35 pm
So, um…. whose book IS it???
September 29th, 2005 at 10:41 pm
I did hear Dell was moving their call center back to the US. Not sure if they did (yet).
My floor…in the kitchen…is spreading.
And dad wonders why I don’t want him doing the wood laminate?
September 30th, 2005 at 11:30 am
*shudder, shudder* on your construction project. When we finally get the kitchen done, the contractor we are going to work with said he will not begin demolition until the materials are in. But that is just one room. My hubby just finished our bathroom and the sink leaks. He’s had it fixed three times and it still leaks, not sure why.
So what did you do to Dell in a previous life? I’ve never, ever had a problem with my Dell pc’s or their customer service departments (knock on wood).
September 30th, 2005 at 4:41 pm
man, this is EXACTLY why I quit buying dells.Well, and all the other reasons they tick me off…
But a 4 day workweek sounds kind of appealing to me
September 30th, 2005 at 6:16 pm
LOL Jean - I have a feeling Jake’s not through with you yet. By a long shot…
Amy - I think, at this point, I know more than the Dell phone employees. Which should techinically scare everyone.
Raine - what do you know that you’re not telling me?
Tori - It’s this alpha rogue named Taz whose story I just can’t shake. I’ve had the partial done for a while, but the rest of the book is calling me. It’s my treat in between finishing off BOL. Or, I should say, trying to finish off BOL.
Cece - I heard that too - and I know that the tech’s who came to the house are upset that our guys here aren’t getting those jobs, so I hope it’s true. And that sucks about your floor - I’m sure I’m going to have similar issues with mine. No matter what you do, the shrink and expland…
Rene - I’ve got to give props to my contractor - he’s really on top of things. But seriously - it’s completely stressful, and it’s marginally better since I’m not living there. And Dell totally hates me - if you call them, don’t mention my name.
Kacey - seriously - and they have VOICEMAIL too…
September 30th, 2005 at 8:04 pm
Really? (raises eyebrows) This could be fun…When he recuperates, let’s see what he can do.
September 30th, 2005 at 9:14 pm
I WANT ceramic tile.